One mistake people make using public WiFi, USA Today

[M. Taylor]

One mistake people make using public Wi-Fi Kim Komando , Special for USA
TODAY 
Modern Greyhound buses offer free WiFi, a feature the company hopes will
attract younger travelers. (Photo: Greyhound) If I've said it once, I've
said it a thousand times: Avoid doing anything you would not want anyone in
the world to know on public Wi-Fi. You may think you're safe in that busy
café or big-name hotel, but public Wi-Fi is a major liability. It doesn't
matter how safe the connection seems to be; your computer is vulnerable to
hackers because you have no idea who is really in charge of that router or
who has access to it and all the data that passes through it. Knowledge is
power. Learn how crooks attack your computer on public Wi-Fi. There are lots
of ways to protect yourself, of course. Your best defense is a virtual
private network (VPN), which can prevent nosy strangers from snooping on
your browser. You can also employ the usual firewalls and antivirus software
to defend your computer from hackers and malware. Learn more about VPNs and
safe browsing on public WiFi. Even the best security systems have their
weaknesses, and you have likely never heard of this one: File sharing on a
public network can expose your computer to data thieves. This is a scary
problem because you may not even realize that you're sharing files. But if
your computer is on the wrong setting, you may attract any number of
cyber-criminals. So how do you make sure your computer isn't leaking
information by accident? File sharing is very handy, especially for groups
of people. Whether you're using iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive, file
sharing allows a large team to work on a single project at once, or families
to browse digital photo albums, or data specialists to organize large
batches of information. This is very convenient, as long as you're on your
own secure network. But if you're sharing files on public Wi-Fi, your
folders may be accessible to anyone connected to the same public network. In
other words, file sharing automatically exposes your computer and everything
you intend to share. Your vacation photos may end up in the wrong hands, and
so could your contracts, spreadsheets, and tax information. In fact, you
don't have to be a hacker to take advantage of shared folders. Anyone who
looks around their network folders can instantly run a search and find
unguarded files. It works the other way around too. An attacker can also set
up a shared folder with malicious files. You may stumble into the mysterious
folder and think, "Wait a minute, where did this come from? Then you click
on it, releasing the malware onto the desktop. There are other ways you can
get into trouble. Learn how to avoid getting hacked on the road. Want to
ensure your privacy? Make sure to turn off file sharing before you connect
to public WiFi. Here's how to do it: 1. Search for "Control Panel" then
click on the best match to open it. 2. Under "Network and Internet," click
on "View network status and tasks. 3. On the next page, click "Change
advanced sharing settings. 4. Under "File and printer sharing," tick off
"Turn off file and printer sharing. 5. To prevent network snoopers from
seeing your computer, tick off "Turn off network discovery" too. 6. Save
changes. 1. Open your Mac's System Preferences (the gear icon on your dock).
2. Click on the "Sharing" icon. 3. On the next "Sharing Page," uncheck File
Sharing. 4. I also recommend that you uncheck all the other sharing services
here when connecting to public Wi-Fi. 5. Close the window and you're set.
Okay, you're done your business, and now you can log off of public Wi-Fi.
You've taken all the necessary precautions, and there's a good chance none
of your information was compromised. Just remember to switch your file
sharing back on when you get back to your home or office. None of these
services will work unless you restore your regular settings. When you're
back on your secure server, you can continue sharing to your heart's
content. How else can you protect yourself from digital intrusion? Be sure
to listen or download my podcasts, or click here to find it on your local
radio station . You can listen to the Kim Komando Show on your phone, tablet
or computer. From buying advice to digital life issues, click here for my
free podcasts . Related:: How not to get hacked when using your plane's
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[E.T.]

   The path of totality is narrow but this one will go from the west 
coast to the east coast, in about 2 hours. At any given point in that 
path totality will last less than 2 minutes.


   No it does not happen every day. I'm sure you can find a calendar 
somewhere that will give dates of future eclipses. Someone mentioned 
another event coming in 2024, don't know where.


   There are also lunar eclipses where instead of the sun being 
blocked, the moon is blocked.


From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 8/18/2017 7:48 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:

I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?

 So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial?

And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day,
Or at least night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the sun 
so that the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed from 
seeing it,  and it gets very dark on that furtherest away side.



-Original Message-
From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

Hi,

People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to look 
into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people 
experience this upcoming celestial event:

https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html

The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
I haven't checked, though.

Enjoy!

Janina




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RE: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET

[Simon Fogarty]

I agree on that scott, the lack of a high end processor in the air and more ram.

 I really don't see what the issue is, 16GB ram wouldn't cause any issues,

And a mid range quad core I5 wouldn't generate much more heat so what then is 
the issue other than marketing 

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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 4:30 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET

Mark, this was a great article.

I have contemplated an air for years but never pulled the trigger for some of 
the reasons the author mentioned.  Lack of a quad core processor being the 
biggest for me.  I use many parallel virtual machines so cores are important to 
me.  One reason I’m looking forward to the iMac pro.  (I’m already saving up 
for that 17,000 price tag)

Love this article though, thank you for posting.

> On Aug 17, 2017, at 8:07 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
> 
> CNET Reviews - Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 4:00 AM Apple MacBook Air 
> (2017) review - CNET Apple's MacBook Air is as close to iconic as a 
> piece of consumer technology gets. It's the single laptop model you're 
> most likely to see everywhere, from college campuses to airports to 
> coffee shops and even offices. And it's been that way for a very long 
> time.
> That's the problem. Not counting an incremental spec bump in mid-2017, 
> this is still internally almost the same MacBook Air as the last 
> refresh in 2015, and externally, it's had basically the same design 
> since 2010 (when the original 2008 design got an overhaul). In 
> technology terms, that's roughly forever.
> Sarah Tew/CNET
> But it's also a testament to what a strong product the Air was in its 
> heyday. To have a laptop that looks and feels the same as it did for 
> so many years while still a maintaining a loyal following, that's a 
> rare achievement. The MacBook Air is no longer the 
> best-for-almost-everyone device it once was, but it's the least 
> expensive way (by far) to get MacOS on a laptop, so there's certainly 
> still a place for it. Note that the Air we tested had a Core i7 CPU 
> and 256GB SSD upgrade, for a total of $1,349,
> £1,234 or AU$2,039. The Air still starts at $999, £949 and AU$1,499, 
> and can be found for even less online.
> SYSTEM NAME
> Price as reviewed $1,349, £1,234 or AU$2,039 (starts at $999, £949 or
> AU$1,499) 
> Display size/resolution   13-inch, 1,440x900-pixel display 
> CPU   2.2GHz Intel Core i7-5650U 
> Memory8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz 
> Graphics  1,536MB Intel HD Graphics 6000 
> Storage   256GB SSD 
> Networking802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless; Bluetooth 4.0 
> Operating system  MacOS 10.12.6 Sierra 
> Still kicking
> And a lot about the MacBook Air still works. As a long-time Air user, 
> but also someone who hasn't spent a lot of time on one over the last 
> few years, firing up the 2017 version felt like visiting an old friend.
> There's the just-right size of the 13-inch screen, still the best 
> balance between viewability and portability; the rock-solid aluminum 
> body, which can stand up to years of abuse; and the chunky 
> island-style keyboard, itself now extinct across the rest of the 
> MacBook line, replaced by super-shallow butterfly keys that lack this level 
> of tactile feedback.
>  Sarah Tew/CNET
> The Air also scores points for being the last MacBook with a good, 
> old-fashioned USB-A port. You know, the kind that every mouse, memory 
> key and other accessory you own fits into. The MacBook Pro and the 
> 12-inch MacBook have both gone all-in on USB-C, which is 
> forward-looking to be sure, but a limiting frustration for many.
> Picking it up, I was reminded of another reason I loved this 
> particular laptop line for so long: the MagSafe power connection. The 
> plug, which automatically pulls away from the body when you yank the 
> cord or trip over it, remains one of the most brilliant bits of consumer PC 
> engineering ever.
>  Sarah Tew/CNET
> It's since been replaced by USB-C power connections, which are handy 
> for sharing data, power, video and other connections through the same 
> port, but not nearly as flexible. That classic MagSafe has rescued 
> many, many laptops from a grim fate over the years, and that's just 
> the ones I've personally almost killed.
> Feeling its age
> But using a MacBook Air, even a brand new one, in 2017 feels like 
> getting stuck in a bit of a time warp. The processor is years out of 
> date compared to newer slim laptops -- even though the big update for 
> 2017 is a slight base CPU uptick, from a 1.6GHz Intel Core i5 to a 
> 1.8GHz one, or in our case, an optional 2.2GHz Core i7. All are from 
> the same fifth generation of those chips, while Intel is about to 
> announce details of the upcoming eighth-generation Core CPUs.
> I'd argue that for websurfing, video streaming and social media, 

RE: Smart TV

[Simon Fogarty]

Yeah that's what I have but I can't get it to work correctly 
Just talked my brother out of buying one in the USA, because it's cheaper here 
in nz to buy one.

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 4:35 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Smart TV

Simon, not sure which chrome cast you have but it works great on my Current 
model Samsung and auto switches beautifully.  For example, I can have my TV 
totally powered down and say to google home “play Star Trek on master bedroom 
TV from Netflix” and it automatically powers on the TV and by the time the TV 
boots the show is already streaming.  The chrome cast also supplies 4K.  The 
model I have is called the Ultra not sure if that’s what you’re using.  You may 
have to enable HDMI controls as well although in my set at least they were on 
by default.  Not sure what’s up there.

> On Aug 18, 2017, at 4:14 AM, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Hi ET,
> 
> Sorry fo rthe delay.
> 
> Ok so over xmas new year this year I spent a few weeks looking into 
> accessible tv's here in NZ,
> 
> Unlike in the USA UK and austrailia  Samsung have removed the voice guidance 
> feature or screen reader from their NZ model devices, at least in the 2016 
> and later models.
> 
> I located a 2015 UHD 4K 55inch screen with all and more than I wanted.
> 
> I can't say I'm a fan of the in built features such as Netflix and the 
> webbrowser but he screen reader is great as it lets me set the device up 
> myself.
> 
> As for auto switching 
> Yeah sure does,
> 
> When I press a button on my apple tv Gen 4 remote  the tv switchs on and to 
> the HDMI channel the atv is connected to,
> 
> My blue ray player does the same thing when I press eject to open the tray 
> and put my disk in,
> 
> I can't get my chrome cast to do this though, however I don't use it a lot so 
> don't worry about ti,
> 
> The only real issues I have with the auto switching is when I want to listen 
> to music through my ATV  it turns the tv on also 
> 
> A pain in the a when you don't need a picture or even have one this I didin't 
> need to worry about when I had the gen 3 as I used optical to connect to the 
> sound system.
> 
> Hope this somewhat helps.-Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T.
> Sent: Saturday, 12 August 2017 3:27 AM
> To: MacVisionaries 
> Subject: Smart TV
> 
>Am I correct in thinking that with one of these TVs, it will switch to an 
> active input source, such as Apple TV? Samsung brand? My current TV is 9 
> years old, might be time to replace it.
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
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RE: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET

[Simon Fogarty]

Yeha the processor is currently on the lower side, but I'm still not a fan of 
the touch bar and or keyboard,
As for magic keyboard, yeah just another pease of crap to cary aroiund with me.


A good thing though is I'm able to do more and more from my iPad except 
currently for powershell command line stuff which is really only limiting when 
working with exchange 
Still I'd rather have the 11inch air  with upscaled processor ram and hdd 
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 4:28 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET

Don’t go with a non touch bar version, you won’t like the processor hit.  Just 
use a magic keyboard.  I have one and love it now that I’m used to it.

I think my favorite laptop though is still my MacBook Pro 15 Mid 2016 with a 
2.8 GHz quad core I7, upgraded graphics and a TB of SSD along with the built in 
MagSafe.  I have no idea why they canned MagSafe, I like it as well.  They do 
make a USB-C to MagSafe adapter though which brings it back all be it through 
an adapter to your laptops.  Good thing is you can reuse the old power cords 
then instead of having to buy all new USB-C power cubes.

> On Aug 18, 2017, at 4:47 AM, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Yeah I love my air 11inch from mid 2013
> 
> I will need to look at a new machine next year but can't find one I currently 
> like.
> 
> The new keyboards put me offand yeah the lack of magsafe adaptor again puts 
> me off.
> 
> As for the processor yeah I'm going to have to go to a mac book pro 
> without the touch bar Faster processor and more ram Still I want an 11 
> inch body.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor
> Sent: Friday, 18 August 2017 12:08 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET
> 
> CNET Reviews - Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 4:00 AM Apple MacBook Air (2017) 
> review - CNET Apple's MacBook Air is as close to iconic as a piece of 
> consumer technology gets. It's the single laptop model you're most likely to 
> see everywhere, from college campuses to airports to coffee shops and even 
> offices. And it's been that way for a very long time. 
> That's the problem. Not counting an incremental spec bump in mid-2017, this 
> is still internally almost the same MacBook Air as the last refresh in 2015, 
> and externally, it's had basically the same design since 2010 (when the 
> original 2008 design got an overhaul). In technology terms, that's roughly 
> forever. 
> Sarah Tew/CNET
> But it's also a testament to what a strong product the Air was in its 
> heyday. To have a laptop that looks and feels the same as it did for 
> so many years while still a maintaining a loyal following, that's a 
> rare achievement. The MacBook Air is no longer the 
> best-for-almost-everyone device it once was, but it's the least 
> expensive way (by far) to get MacOS on a laptop, so there's certainly 
> still a place for it. Note that the Air we tested had a Core i7 CPU 
> and 256GB SSD upgrade, for a total of $1,349,
> £1,234 or AU$2,039. The Air still starts at $999, £949 and AU$1,499, and can 
> be found for even less online.  
> SYSTEM NAME
> Price as reviewed $1,349, £1,234 or AU$2,039 (starts at $999, £949 or
> AU$1,499) 
> Display size/resolution   13-inch, 1,440x900-pixel display 
> CPU   2.2GHz Intel Core i7-5650U 
> Memory8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz 
> Graphics  1,536MB Intel HD Graphics 6000 
> Storage   256GB SSD 
> Networking802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless; Bluetooth 4.0 
> Operating system  MacOS 10.12.6 Sierra 
> Still kicking
> And a lot about the MacBook Air still works. As a long-time Air user, but 
> also someone who hasn't spent a lot of time on one over the last few years, 
> firing up the 2017 version felt like visiting an old friend. 
> There's the just-right size of the 13-inch screen, still the best balance 
> between viewability and portability; the rock-solid aluminum body, which can 
> stand up to years of abuse; and the chunky island-style keyboard, itself now 
> extinct across the rest of the MacBook line, replaced by super-shallow 
> butterfly keys that lack this level of tactile feedback. 
>  Sarah Tew/CNET
> The Air also scores points for being the last MacBook with a good, 
> old-fashioned USB-A port. You know, the kind that every mouse, memory key and 
> other accessory you own fits into. The MacBook Pro and the 12-inch MacBook 
> have both gone all-in on USB-C, which is forward-looking to be sure, but a 
> limiting frustration for many. 
> Picking it up, I was reminded of another reason I loved this particular 
> laptop line for so long: the MagSafe power connection. The plug, which 
> automatically pulls away from the body when you yank the 

RE: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET

[Simon Fogarty]

So there is a USB C to magsafe adaptor?

 Great that will make more people happy.

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of lenron brown
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:24 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET

Getting rid of magsafe seemed like a bad idea. Good thing you can get the 
adapter to make it work though. I hope I can get a few years out this 13 inch 
2015 MBP, because I have no wish to replace it anytime soon.

On 8/18/17, Scott Granados  wrote:
> Mark, this was a great article.
>
> I have contemplated an air for years but never pulled the trigger for 
> some of the reasons the author mentioned.  Lack of a quad core 
> processor being the biggest for me.  I use many parallel virtual 
> machines so cores are important to me.  One reason I’m looking forward 
> to the iMac pro.  (I’m already saving up for that 17,000 price tag)
>
> Love this article though, thank you for posting.
>
>> On Aug 17, 2017, at 8:07 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
>>
>> CNET Reviews - Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 4:00 AM Apple MacBook Air 
>> (2017) review - CNET Apple's MacBook Air is as close to iconic as a 
>> piece of consumer technology gets. It's the single laptop model 
>> you're most likely to see everywhere, from college campuses to 
>> airports to coffee shops and even offices. And it's been that way for 
>> a very long time.
>> That's the problem. Not counting an incremental spec bump in 
>> mid-2017, this is still internally almost the same MacBook Air as the 
>> last refresh in 2015, and externally, it's had basically the same 
>> design since 2010 (when the original 2008 design got an overhaul). In 
>> technology terms, that's roughly forever.
>> Sarah Tew/CNET
>> But it's also a testament to what a strong product the Air was in its 
>> heyday. To have a laptop that looks and feels the same as it did for 
>> so many years while still a maintaining a loyal following, that's a 
>> rare achievement. The MacBook Air is no longer the 
>> best-for-almost-everyone device it once was, but it's the least 
>> expensive way (by far) to get MacOS on a laptop, so there's certainly 
>> still a place for it. Note that the Air we tested had a Core i7 CPU 
>> and 256GB SSD upgrade, for a total of $1,349,
>> £1,234 or AU$2,039. The Air still starts at $999, £949 and AU$1,499, 
>> and can be found for even less online.
>> SYSTEM NAME
>> Price as reviewed$1,349, £1,234 or AU$2,039 (starts at $999, £949 or
>> AU$1,499)
>> Display size/resolution  13-inch, 1,440x900-pixel display
>> CPU  2.2GHz Intel Core i7-5650U
>> Memory   8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz
>> Graphics 1,536MB Intel HD Graphics 6000
>> Storage  256GB SSD
>> Networking   802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless; Bluetooth 4.0
>> Operating system MacOS 10.12.6 Sierra
>> Still kicking
>> And a lot about the MacBook Air still works. As a long-time Air user, 
>> but also someone who hasn't spent a lot of time on one over the last 
>> few years, firing up the 2017 version felt like visiting an old 
>> friend.
>> There's the just-right size of the 13-inch screen, still the best 
>> balance between viewability and portability; the rock-solid aluminum 
>> body, which can stand up to years of abuse; and the chunky 
>> island-style keyboard, itself now extinct across the rest of the 
>> MacBook line, replaced by super-shallow butterfly keys that lack this 
>> level of tactile feedback.
>>  Sarah Tew/CNET
>> The Air also scores points for being the last MacBook with a good, 
>> old-fashioned USB-A port. You know, the kind that every mouse, memory 
>> key and other accessory you own fits into. The MacBook Pro and the 
>> 12-inch MacBook have both gone all-in on USB-C, which is 
>> forward-looking to be sure, but a limiting frustration for many.
>> Picking it up, I was reminded of another reason I loved this 
>> particular laptop line for so long: the MagSafe power connection. The 
>> plug, which automatically pulls away from the body when you yank the 
>> cord or trip over it, remains one of the most brilliant bits of 
>> consumer PC engineering ever.
>>  Sarah Tew/CNET
>> It's since been replaced by USB-C power connections, which are handy 
>> for sharing data, power, video and other connections through the same 
>> port, but not nearly as flexible. That classic MagSafe has rescued 
>> many, many laptops from a grim fate over the years, and that's just 
>> the ones I've personally almost killed.
>> Feeling its age
>> But using a MacBook Air, even a brand new one, in 2017 feels like 
>> getting stuck in a bit of a time warp. The processor is years out of 
>> date compared to newer slim laptops -- even though the big update for 
>> 2017 is a slight base CPU uptick, from a 1.6GHz Intel Core i5 to a 
>> 1.8GHz one, or in our case, an optional 2.2GHz Core i7. All are from 
>> the same fifth generation of those chips, 

RE: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[Simon Fogarty]

I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year?

 So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial?

And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day,
Or at least night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the sun 
so that the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed from 
seeing it,  and it gets very dark on that furtherest away side.



-Original Message-
From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

Hi,

People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to look 
into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people 
experience this upcoming celestial event:

https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html

The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
I haven't checked, though.

Enjoy!

Janina


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RE: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not supported

[Simon Fogarty]

What's wrong with the S8 devices?

And why re release the note 7, it's a dog of a device, no one will trust it and 
besides they will have to release at a lower price to fit in with the note 8 
release 

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 4:31 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not supported

Funnier than that Simon, Samsung is rereleasing the note 7 as well.  SO there’s 
almost certainly fires in our future.:). My employer just sent 150 S8 phones to 
the recycler.

> On Aug 18, 2017, at 4:19 AM, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Scott,
> 
> Your comments on Samsung and their products recall and release,
> 
> The proof should be released on Wednesday the 23rd august,
> 
> Samsung are to release the new note 8,
> 
> No word yet on it's burn time but hey we all remember the note 7
> 
> 
> Lets see what happens this time round.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
> Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2017 9:03 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not supported
> 
> Well actually Gary the features they leave out usually make sense including 
> in this case.  Let’s review.
> 
> First, the HSPA. /3G wasn’t supported because the initial chipsets were 
> awful.  Also very little was deployed across the network.
>   Then LTE was with held until the 5, do you remember how bad the other 
> LTE phones who were early were?  The HTC phones barely worked and had a 2 
> hour battery life, Sprint was using that really bad WIMAX standard, T-Mobile 
> was all in on 3G and pushing HSPA+ heavily and there was a shortage of LTE 
> chips.
>   Now in the case of the watch, there’s no good full featured LTE 
> chip yet that includes VOLTE.  There’s also no mixed 3 and 4G chips that will 
> fit in a watch.  In combination with this, where are you going to put the 
> sim?  By the time you have the tray and sim itself plus the slot you use up 
> to much space not to mention increase the complexity of water proofing.  The 
> E-SIM saves a lot of space for the actual LTE radio and modem hardware and 
> you still have the full bluetooth channel back to your phone for placing 
> calls. FaceTime or Skype would also likely be options over this high speed 
> data channel but VOLTE isn’t included.O. (Qualcomm doesn’t have that included 
> yet). So you have to build for the parts you can get access to and this year 
> data only is the option.  Remember the phones all started out LTE data only 
> at first as well, not just Apple but everyone.
> 
> Apple doesn’t put something in a phone or product until it really works, 
> every time.  You might get more bleeding edge options in other brands but you 
> get the instability to go with it.  Samsung is a good example of this with 
> their restarts and history of cellular problems.  Samsung has good ability to 
> field upgrade with software to correct these problems though but Apple is 
> shooting for a stable error free but conservative experience.
> 
> 
>  Aug 16, 2017, at 2:05 PM, gary-melconian  wrote:
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>> Tersting that aple is always taking out  features from the devices. I really 
>> wonder wht in the hell tim cook is thinking. 
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3D audio podcast 5: Mapping controls available now

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi All,

After coming back from a Hackathon and having and HD failure and solving it, 
here is podcast 5. It covers the keyboard command controls, in an eerie 
alternate world where typewriters had screen readers attached to them.

https://www.oseyeris.com/post/3d-game-podcast-5-lets-take-a-trip-back-in-time 


As usual, the example project is available in the link.


Have a great weekend,

 

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Re: VoiceOver friendly way to order a list of items into descending order of importance

[Jonathan Cohn]

Yes that does work. I would also suggest that if you can create a issue report 
with Apple Accessibility. The VO drag and drop functionality is very minimal 
and needs improvement. There are also things the web developer could do on 
their side. There are ways of doing drag and drop much like cut / paste and/or 
buttons.


Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



> On Aug 18, 2017, at 12:10 PM, Anne Robertson  wrote:
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> Hello Paul,
> 
> Have you tried the alternative way of dragging and dropping with Voiceover? 
> You have to turn cursor tracking off first and then you use 
> VO-Cmd-Shift-Space to put the mouse down on the item. Navigate to where you 
> want to drop the item using the VO keys then bring the mouse with VO-Cmd-F5 
> and repeat the command you used to hold the mouse down to release it.
> This often works where VO-Comma and VO-Full Stop fail.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Anne
> 
> 
> 
>> On 18 Aug 2017, at 16:10, Paul Hopewell  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, 
>> I use the latest Safari on MAC OS El Capitan. I subscribe to a web site 
>> which from time to time has a questionnaire which requires me to order a 
>> list of candidate items into descending order of importance. They ask their 
>> users to use a mouse to drag the items into the correct order. As a 
>> VoiceOver user I cannot use a mouse to do this. Alas the keyboard commands 
>> to mark an item for drag and drop and to subsequently drop the marked item 
>> before or after the VO cursor do not work with this web site. 
>> 
>> I would like to suggest an alternative screen reader friendly way for doing 
>> this job to the web site owner. A simple idea would be to ask the user to 
>> type a 1 against the most important, a 2 against the next most important and 
>> so on. However this has the problem that the user could type a 1 against 
>> more than one item and if it is a long list they could have difficulties 
>> remembering which priority numbers they have already used. 
>> 
>> So have any of you seen a web site which offers a screen reader friendly way 
>> to order a list of candidate items? If so what do they ask their users to do?
>> 
>> Many thanks for any tips.
>> 
>> Paul Hopewell 
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Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[Jonathan Cohn]

My understanding is that it is available in the iTunes store. Also, my wife 
said the final story today on Science Friday was about this app.


Best wishes,

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> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want
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> people experience this upcoming celestial event:
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> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
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> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
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> Enjoy!
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Re: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET

[Scott Granados]

That’s a good laptop.  That should serve you well for a while yet.


> On Aug 18, 2017, at 5:24 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
> 
> Getting rid of magsafe seemed like a bad idea. Good thing you can get
> the adapter to make it work though. I hope I can get a few years out
> this 13 inch 2015 MBP, because I have no wish to replace it anytime
> soon.
> 
> On 8/18/17, Scott Granados  wrote:
>> Mark, this was a great article.
>> 
>> I have contemplated an air for years but never pulled the trigger for some
>> of the reasons the author mentioned.  Lack of a quad core processor being
>> the biggest for me.  I use many parallel virtual machines so cores are
>> important to me.  One reason I’m looking forward to the iMac pro.  (I’m
>> already saving up for that 17,000 price tag)
>> 
>> Love this article though, thank you for posting.
>> 
>>> On Aug 17, 2017, at 8:07 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
>>> 
>>> CNET Reviews - Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 4:00 AM
>>> Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET
>>> Apple's MacBook Air is as close to iconic as a piece of consumer
>>> technology
>>> gets. It's the single laptop model you're most likely to see everywhere,
>>> from college campuses to airports to coffee shops and even offices. And
>>> it's
>>> been that way for a very long time.
>>> That's the problem. Not counting an incremental spec bump in mid-2017,
>>> this
>>> is still internally almost the same MacBook Air as the last refresh in
>>> 2015,
>>> and externally, it's had basically the same design since 2010 (when the
>>> original 2008 design got an overhaul). In technology terms, that's
>>> roughly
>>> forever.
>>> Sarah Tew/CNET
>>> But it's also a testament to what a strong product the Air was in its
>>> heyday. To have a laptop that looks and feels the same as it did for so
>>> many
>>> years while still a maintaining a loyal following, that's a rare
>>> achievement. The MacBook Air is no longer the best-for-almost-everyone
>>> device it once was, but it's the least expensive way (by far) to get
>>> MacOS
>>> on a laptop, so there's certainly still a place for it. Note that the Air
>>> we
>>> tested had a Core i7 CPU and 256GB SSD upgrade, for a total of $1,349,
>>> £1,234 or AU$2,039. The Air still starts at $999, £949 and AU$1,499, and
>>> can
>>> be found for even less online.
>>> SYSTEM NAME
>>> Price as reviewed   $1,349, £1,234 or AU$2,039 (starts at $999, £949 or
>>> AU$1,499)
>>> Display size/resolution 13-inch, 1,440x900-pixel display
>>> CPU 2.2GHz Intel Core i7-5650U
>>> Memory  8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz
>>> Graphics1,536MB Intel HD Graphics 6000
>>> Storage 256GB SSD
>>> Networking  802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless; Bluetooth 4.0
>>> Operating systemMacOS 10.12.6 Sierra
>>> Still kicking
>>> And a lot about the MacBook Air still works. As a long-time Air user, but
>>> also someone who hasn't spent a lot of time on one over the last few
>>> years,
>>> firing up the 2017 version felt like visiting an old friend.
>>> There's the just-right size of the 13-inch screen, still the best balance
>>> between viewability and portability; the rock-solid aluminum body, which
>>> can
>>> stand up to years of abuse; and the chunky island-style keyboard, itself
>>> now
>>> extinct across the rest of the MacBook line, replaced by super-shallow
>>> butterfly keys that lack this level of tactile feedback.
>>> Sarah Tew/CNET
>>> The Air also scores points for being the last MacBook with a good,
>>> old-fashioned USB-A port. You know, the kind that every mouse, memory key
>>> and other accessory you own fits into. The MacBook Pro and the 12-inch
>>> MacBook have both gone all-in on USB-C, which is forward-looking to be
>>> sure,
>>> but a limiting frustration for many.
>>> Picking it up, I was reminded of another reason I loved this particular
>>> laptop line for so long: the MagSafe power connection. The plug, which
>>> automatically pulls away from the body when you yank the cord or trip
>>> over
>>> it, remains one of the most brilliant bits of consumer PC engineering
>>> ever.
>>> Sarah Tew/CNET
>>> It's since been replaced by USB-C power connections, which are handy for
>>> sharing data, power, video and other connections through the same port,
>>> but
>>> not nearly as flexible. That classic MagSafe has rescued many, many
>>> laptops
>>> from a grim fate over the years, and that's just the ones I've personally
>>> almost killed.
>>> Feeling its age
>>> But using a MacBook Air, even a brand new one, in 2017 feels like getting
>>> stuck in a bit of a time warp. The processor is years out of date
>>> compared
>>> to newer slim laptops -- even though the big update for 2017 is a slight
>>> base CPU uptick, from a 1.6GHz Intel Core i5 to a 1.8GHz one, or in our
>>> case, an optional 2.2GHz Core i7. All are from the same fifth generation
>>> of
>>> those chips, while Intel is about to announce details of the upcoming
>>> eighth-generation Core CPUs.
>>> 

Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible

[Scott Granados]

This topic came up on an Apple list as well and I’d just like to bring to the 
attention of our group here all the wonderful sounds from space that are 
available.  An audio representation of the eclipse is a great idea but have you 
ever heard the sound of the rings of Saturn?  How about the Northern and 
Southern lights?  The sounds of pulsars are startling in their almost 
artificial sound and yes it’s totally possible to hear the echoes of the Big 
Bang from the microwave spectrum.  As a young child I remember being under 
attack by all sorts of invisible man in the sky believers and to counter this 
my parents encouraged me to learn about Science.  I befriended a local science 
teacher who taught me astronomy (I was about 9 years old at the time) and also 
a fellow from the local phone company who taught me electronics where my 
father’s abilities left off.  I mention this here because one of the first 
things I did was scrounge up a huge dish from an old satellite ground station 
and modify it to become a small radio telescope in my back yard.  One of the 
first things I picked up was the Smoot radiation from the big bang and actually 
hearing the echoes of the creation of the universe hooked me for life. I then 
started to write software on an old Apple 2E to decode that radiation and 
generate both numeric and visual representations of the background radiation 
which could paint a picture of how the massive ripples of the expansion of 
space and time echoed across over 13.5 billion years.  It’s such a good way for 
a blind person, especially children to connect with the wonders of nature and 
science which sometimes can be painfully visual.   If there’s any interest and 
nobody objects about it being off topic I would be happy to post links to some 
of this audio and big thanks to Janina for pointing this out.





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> 
> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html
> 
> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
> I haven't checked, though.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Janina
> 
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Re: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not supported

[Scott Granados]

Simon, the watch does this now  If you have WiFi calling support from your 
carrier you can shut your phone off entirely and still place and receive calls 
as long as your watch is connected to WiFi.  This feature came out in 2.1 if 
memory serves of Watch OS.  That may be another tight way of supporting calling 
on the watch.  Since the feature is there now it should work over LTE just 
fine, exactly like the iPad does.


> On Aug 18, 2017, at 6:21 PM, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> This doesn't really make a lot of sense if there is no direct calling.
> 
> Ok you might get mobile data through the LTE but calling directly from the 
> watch would be great, although power draining on something watch sized.
> 
> Besides phone calling is possible through the watch now but as we know only 
> if the phone is within contact distance of the watch.
> 
> What would be wrong with a watch that utilizes the mobile account on the 
> phone to also be able to directly make phone calls  so that one account is 
> used by both devices even though  they are separate units.
> 
> -Original Message-
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> Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2017 5:36 AM
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> Subject: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not supported
> 
> Interesting article about the cellular connection that will be added to the 
> Apple Watch 3.   Looks like an LTE and non LTE version will be available.  No 
> direct phone calling support but no reason SIP or other IP based calling 
> solutions (FaceTime) won’t work.  Read more here.
> 
> https://9to5mac.com/2017/08/16/kgi-apple-watch-lte-esim-phone/?pushup=1
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Re: Ios 11 beta and airplay and VoiceOver.

[E.T.]

   Good luck. I tried. Reckon I do not qualify. (smiles)

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On 8/18/2017 3:21 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:

Thanks for this I think I will join this also.

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Kliphton Miller
Sent: Friday, 11 August 2017 3:24 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Ios 11 beta and airplay and VoiceOver.

If you want to discuss the beta’s freely, and you are using at least one beta 
on 1 of your devices, you can join my beta list Are you testing an apple beta?  
want to discuss bugs with other testers?  Then come join a friendly, helpful, 
laid back community where we can squash these bugs together, and report them to 
apple. Subscribe here
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Because of the non disclosure agreement, I have to say if your not a beta 
tester, please don’t join the group.


On Aug 10, 2017, at 11:17 AM, E.T.  wrote:

  Even Applevis puts restrictions on discussions regarding betas.



From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
 "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the world,
all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 8/10/2017 7:25 AM, Scott Granados wrote:

To answer Anders question, there has been a lot of discussion on the routing of 
voice over and air play. I have not tried this personally as I’m a google cast 
man myself but I do know there’s a lot of consternation and unhappy posts on 
the topic.  If we weren’t being treated like children we should be able to 
discuss this here for the good of our community but we can’t.



On Aug 10, 2017, at 10:13 AM, christopher hallsworth  
wrote:

Hello, in answer to this then, you can contact me with any beta
discussion at challswor...@icloud.com Please allow some patience as
I tend to check email a few days apart. Cheers!


On 10 Aug 2017, at 04:57, M. Taylor  wrote:

Hello Anders,

Beta software questions are not for this list.

If you have beta software questions, you may request that list members contact 
you, off-list.  Please be sure to include your direct email address in the body 
of the post.

Thank you,

Mark

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anders
Holmberg
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2017 8:41 PM
To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Subject: Ios 11 beta and airplay and VoiceOver.

Hi!
For you who are testing the latest Ios 11 Public Beta i have a question for you.
If you’re using airplay, does VoiceOver follow the airplay audio so that it 
comes through the airplay system instead of the Iphone speaker?
I have this problem and can’t even use the audio routing feature so that 
voiceover will stay on the iphone.
I have reported this to apple.
I have another problem where in controlcenter i cant select any airport device 
which was possible in ios 10.
/A

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RE: Ios 11 beta and airplay and VoiceOver.

[Simon Fogarty]

Thanks for this I think I will join this also.

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Kliphton Miller
Sent: Friday, 11 August 2017 3:24 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Ios 11 beta and airplay and VoiceOver.

If you want to discuss the beta’s freely, and you are using at least one beta 
on 1 of your devices, you can join my beta list Are you testing an apple beta?  
want to discuss bugs with other testers?  Then come join a friendly, helpful, 
laid back community where we can squash these bugs together, and report them to 
apple. Subscribe here
public-beta-users+subscr...@groups.io
Because of the non disclosure agreement, I have to say if your not a beta 
tester, please don’t join the group.

> On Aug 10, 2017, at 11:17 AM, E.T.  wrote:
> 
>   Even Applevis puts restrictions on discussions regarding betas.
> 
>  post-information-or-ask-questions-about-beta-or-preview>
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the world, 
> all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off  
> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 8/10/2017 7:25 AM, Scott Granados wrote:
>> To answer Anders question, there has been a lot of discussion on the routing 
>> of voice over and air play. I have not tried this personally as I’m a google 
>> cast man myself but I do know there’s a lot of consternation and unhappy 
>> posts on the topic.  If we weren’t being treated like children we should be 
>> able to discuss this here for the good of our community but we can’t.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 10, 2017, at 10:13 AM, christopher hallsworth 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello, in answer to this then, you can contact me with any beta 
>>> discussion at challswor...@icloud.com Please allow some patience as 
>>> I tend to check email a few days apart. Cheers!
>>> 
 On 10 Aug 2017, at 04:57, M. Taylor  wrote:
 
 Hello Anders,
 
 Beta software questions are not for this list.
 
 If you have beta software questions, you may request that list members 
 contact you, off-list.  Please be sure to include your direct email 
 address in the body of the post.
 
 Thank you,
 
 Mark
 
 -Original Message-
 From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
 [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anders 
 Holmberg
 Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2017 8:41 PM
 To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
 Subject: Ios 11 beta and airplay and VoiceOver.
 
 Hi!
 For you who are testing the latest Ios 11 Public Beta i have a question 
 for you.
 If you’re using airplay, does VoiceOver follow the airplay audio so that 
 it comes through the airplay system instead of the Iphone speaker?
 I have this problem and can’t even use the audio routing feature so that 
 voiceover will stay on the iphone.
 I have reported this to apple.
 I have another problem where in controlcenter i cant select any airport 
 device which was possible in ios 10.
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RE: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not supported

[Simon Fogarty]

This doesn't really make a lot of sense if there is no direct calling.

Ok you might get mobile data through the LTE but calling directly from the 
watch would be great, although power draining on something watch sized.

 Besides phone calling is possible through the watch now but as we know only if 
the phone is within contact distance of the watch.

What would be wrong with a watch that utilizes the mobile account on the phone 
to also be able to directly make phone calls  so that one account is used by 
both devices even though  they are separate units.

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Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2017 5:36 AM
To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via 
Subject: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not supported

Interesting article about the cellular connection that will be added to the 
Apple Watch 3.   Looks like an LTE and non LTE version will be available.  No 
direct phone calling support but no reason SIP or other IP based calling 
solutions (FaceTime) won’t work.  Read more here.

https://9to5mac.com/2017/08/16/kgi-apple-watch-lte-esim-phone/?pushup=1

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App to make the solar eclipse accessible

['Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries]

Hi,

People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want
to look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired
people experience this upcoming celestial event:

https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impaired.html

The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore.
I haven't checked, though.

Enjoy!

Janina


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Re: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET

[lenron brown]

Getting rid of magsafe seemed like a bad idea. Good thing you can get
the adapter to make it work though. I hope I can get a few years out
this 13 inch 2015 MBP, because I have no wish to replace it anytime
soon.

On 8/18/17, Scott Granados  wrote:
> Mark, this was a great article.
>
> I have contemplated an air for years but never pulled the trigger for some
> of the reasons the author mentioned.  Lack of a quad core processor being
> the biggest for me.  I use many parallel virtual machines so cores are
> important to me.  One reason I’m looking forward to the iMac pro.  (I’m
> already saving up for that 17,000 price tag)
>
> Love this article though, thank you for posting.
>
>> On Aug 17, 2017, at 8:07 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
>>
>> CNET Reviews - Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 4:00 AM
>> Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET
>> Apple's MacBook Air is as close to iconic as a piece of consumer
>> technology
>> gets. It's the single laptop model you're most likely to see everywhere,
>> from college campuses to airports to coffee shops and even offices. And
>> it's
>> been that way for a very long time.
>> That's the problem. Not counting an incremental spec bump in mid-2017,
>> this
>> is still internally almost the same MacBook Air as the last refresh in
>> 2015,
>> and externally, it's had basically the same design since 2010 (when the
>> original 2008 design got an overhaul). In technology terms, that's
>> roughly
>> forever.
>> Sarah Tew/CNET
>> But it's also a testament to what a strong product the Air was in its
>> heyday. To have a laptop that looks and feels the same as it did for so
>> many
>> years while still a maintaining a loyal following, that's a rare
>> achievement. The MacBook Air is no longer the best-for-almost-everyone
>> device it once was, but it's the least expensive way (by far) to get
>> MacOS
>> on a laptop, so there's certainly still a place for it. Note that the Air
>> we
>> tested had a Core i7 CPU and 256GB SSD upgrade, for a total of $1,349,
>> £1,234 or AU$2,039. The Air still starts at $999, £949 and AU$1,499, and
>> can
>> be found for even less online.
>> SYSTEM NAME
>> Price as reviewed$1,349, £1,234 or AU$2,039 (starts at $999, £949 or
>> AU$1,499)
>> Display size/resolution  13-inch, 1,440x900-pixel display
>> CPU  2.2GHz Intel Core i7-5650U
>> Memory   8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz
>> Graphics 1,536MB Intel HD Graphics 6000
>> Storage  256GB SSD
>> Networking   802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless; Bluetooth 4.0
>> Operating system MacOS 10.12.6 Sierra
>> Still kicking
>> And a lot about the MacBook Air still works. As a long-time Air user, but
>> also someone who hasn't spent a lot of time on one over the last few
>> years,
>> firing up the 2017 version felt like visiting an old friend.
>> There's the just-right size of the 13-inch screen, still the best balance
>> between viewability and portability; the rock-solid aluminum body, which
>> can
>> stand up to years of abuse; and the chunky island-style keyboard, itself
>> now
>> extinct across the rest of the MacBook line, replaced by super-shallow
>> butterfly keys that lack this level of tactile feedback.
>>  Sarah Tew/CNET
>> The Air also scores points for being the last MacBook with a good,
>> old-fashioned USB-A port. You know, the kind that every mouse, memory key
>> and other accessory you own fits into. The MacBook Pro and the 12-inch
>> MacBook have both gone all-in on USB-C, which is forward-looking to be
>> sure,
>> but a limiting frustration for many.
>> Picking it up, I was reminded of another reason I loved this particular
>> laptop line for so long: the MagSafe power connection. The plug, which
>> automatically pulls away from the body when you yank the cord or trip
>> over
>> it, remains one of the most brilliant bits of consumer PC engineering
>> ever.
>>  Sarah Tew/CNET
>> It's since been replaced by USB-C power connections, which are handy for
>> sharing data, power, video and other connections through the same port,
>> but
>> not nearly as flexible. That classic MagSafe has rescued many, many
>> laptops
>> from a grim fate over the years, and that's just the ones I've personally
>> almost killed.
>> Feeling its age
>> But using a MacBook Air, even a brand new one, in 2017 feels like getting
>> stuck in a bit of a time warp. The processor is years out of date
>> compared
>> to newer slim laptops -- even though the big update for 2017 is a slight
>> base CPU uptick, from a 1.6GHz Intel Core i5 to a 1.8GHz one, or in our
>> case, an optional 2.2GHz Core i7. All are from the same fifth generation
>> of
>> those chips, while Intel is about to announce details of the upcoming
>> eighth-generation Core CPUs.
>> I'd argue that for websurfing, video streaming and social media, it's not
>> a
>> huge deal to have an older-generation processor, but for a thousand bucks
>> and up, you're not wrong to want something newer. It is great, however,
>> to
>> get 8GB of RAM 

Re: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not supported

[lenron brown]

Better than recycling them I would have soled. I guess when your a
major company no need to though. I kind of agree about the note 7
though that device didn't need to be released again.

On 8/18/17, Scott Granados  wrote:
> Funnier than that Simon, Samsung is rereleasing the note 7 as well.  SO
> there’s almost certainly fires in our future.:). My employer just sent 150
> S8 phones to the recycler.
>
>> On Aug 18, 2017, at 4:19 AM, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
>>
>> Scott,
>>
>> Your comments on Samsung and their products recall and release,
>>
>> The proof should be released on Wednesday the 23rd august,
>>
>> Samsung are to release the new note 8,
>>
>> No word yet on it's burn time but hey we all remember the note 7
>>
>>
>> Lets see what happens this time round.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
>> Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2017 9:03 AM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not
>> supported
>>
>> Well actually Gary the features they leave out usually make sense
>> including in this case.  Let’s review.
>>
>> First, the HSPA. /3G wasn’t supported because the initial chipsets were
>> awful.  Also very little was deployed across the network.
>>  Then LTE was with held until the 5, do you remember how bad the other 
>> LTE
>> phones who were early were?  The HTC phones barely worked and had a 2 hour
>> battery life, Sprint was using that really bad WIMAX standard, T-Mobile
>> was all in on 3G and pushing HSPA+ heavily and there was a shortage of LTE
>> chips.
>>  Now in the case of the watch, there’s no good full featured LTE 
>> chip yet
>> that includes VOLTE.  There’s also no mixed 3 and 4G chips that will fit
>> in a watch.  In combination with this, where are you going to put the sim?
>>  By the time you have the tray and sim itself plus the slot you use up to
>> much space not to mention increase the complexity of water proofing.  The
>> E-SIM saves a lot of space for the actual LTE radio and modem hardware and
>> you still have the full bluetooth channel back to your phone for placing
>> calls. FaceTime or Skype would also likely be options over this high speed
>> data channel but VOLTE isn’t included.O. (Qualcomm doesn’t have that
>> included yet). So you have to build for the parts you can get access to
>> and this year data only is the option.  Remember the phones all started
>> out LTE data only at first as well, not just Apple but everyone.
>>
>> Apple doesn’t put something in a phone or product until it really works,
>> every time.  You might get more bleeding edge options in other brands but
>> you get the instability to go with it.  Samsung is a good example of this
>> with their restarts and history of cellular problems.  Samsung has good
>> ability to field upgrade with software to correct these problems though
>> but Apple is shooting for a stable error free but conservative
>> experience.
>>
>>
>>  Aug 16, 2017, at 2:05 PM, gary-melconian 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Tersting that aple is always taking out  features from the devices. I
>>> really wonder wht in the hell tim cook is thinking.
>>>
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Re: Smart TV

[Scott Granados]

Simon, not sure which chrome cast you have but it works great on my Current 
model Samsung and auto switches beautifully.  For example, I can have my TV 
totally powered down and say to google home “play Star Trek on master bedroom 
TV from Netflix” and it automatically powers on the TV and by the time the TV 
boots the show is already streaming.  The chrome cast also supplies 4K.  The 
model I have is called the Ultra not sure if that’s what you’re using.  You may 
have to enable HDMI controls as well although in my set at least they were on 
by default.  Not sure what’s up there.

> On Aug 18, 2017, at 4:14 AM, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Hi ET,
> 
> Sorry fo rthe delay.
> 
> Ok so over xmas new year this year I spent a few weeks looking into 
> accessible tv's here in NZ,
> 
> Unlike in the USA UK and austrailia  Samsung have removed the voice guidance 
> feature or screen reader from their NZ model devices, at least in the 2016 
> and later models.
> 
> I located a 2015 UHD 4K 55inch screen with all and more than I wanted.
> 
> I can't say I'm a fan of the in built features such as Netflix and the 
> webbrowser but he screen reader is great as it lets me set the device up 
> myself.
> 
> As for auto switching 
> Yeah sure does,
> 
> When I press a button on my apple tv Gen 4 remote  the tv switchs on and to 
> the HDMI channel the atv is connected to,
> 
> My blue ray player does the same thing when I press eject to open the tray 
> and put my disk in,
> 
> I can't get my chrome cast to do this though, however I don't use it a lot so 
> don't worry about ti,
> 
> The only real issues I have with the auto switching is when I want to listen 
> to music through my ATV  it turns the tv on also 
> 
> A pain in the a when you don't need a picture or even have one this I didin't 
> need to worry about when I had the gen 3 as I used optical to connect to the 
> sound system.
> 
> Hope this somewhat helps.-Original Message-
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> 
>Am I correct in thinking that with one of these TVs, it will switch to an 
> active input source, such as Apple TV? Samsung brand? My current TV is 9 
> years old, might be time to replace it.
> 
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Re: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not supported

[Scott Granados]

Funnier than that Simon, Samsung is rereleasing the note 7 as well.  SO there’s 
almost certainly fires in our future.:). My employer just sent 150 S8 phones to 
the recycler.

> On Aug 18, 2017, at 4:19 AM, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Scott,
> 
> Your comments on Samsung and their products recall and release,
> 
> The proof should be released on Wednesday the 23rd august,
> 
> Samsung are to release the new note 8,
> 
> No word yet on it's burn time but hey we all remember the note 7
> 
> 
> Lets see what happens this time round.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
> Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2017 9:03 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not supported
> 
> Well actually Gary the features they leave out usually make sense including 
> in this case.  Let’s review.
> 
> First, the HSPA. /3G wasn’t supported because the initial chipsets were 
> awful.  Also very little was deployed across the network.
>   Then LTE was with held until the 5, do you remember how bad the other 
> LTE phones who were early were?  The HTC phones barely worked and had a 2 
> hour battery life, Sprint was using that really bad WIMAX standard, T-Mobile 
> was all in on 3G and pushing HSPA+ heavily and there was a shortage of LTE 
> chips.
>   Now in the case of the watch, there’s no good full featured LTE 
> chip yet that includes VOLTE.  There’s also no mixed 3 and 4G chips that will 
> fit in a watch.  In combination with this, where are you going to put the 
> sim?  By the time you have the tray and sim itself plus the slot you use up 
> to much space not to mention increase the complexity of water proofing.  The 
> E-SIM saves a lot of space for the actual LTE radio and modem hardware and 
> you still have the full bluetooth channel back to your phone for placing 
> calls. FaceTime or Skype would also likely be options over this high speed 
> data channel but VOLTE isn’t included.O. (Qualcomm doesn’t have that included 
> yet). So you have to build for the parts you can get access to and this year 
> data only is the option.  Remember the phones all started out LTE data only 
> at first as well, not just Apple but everyone.
> 
> Apple doesn’t put something in a phone or product until it really works, 
> every time.  You might get more bleeding edge options in other brands but you 
> get the instability to go with it.  Samsung is a good example of this with 
> their restarts and history of cellular problems.  Samsung has good ability to 
> field upgrade with software to correct these problems though but Apple is 
> shooting for a stable error free but conservative experience.
> 
> 
>  Aug 16, 2017, at 2:05 PM, gary-melconian  wrote:
>> 
>> Tersting that aple is always taking out  features from the devices. I really 
>> wonder wht in the hell tim cook is thinking. 
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Re: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET

[Scott Granados]

Mark, this was a great article.

I have contemplated an air for years but never pulled the trigger for some of 
the reasons the author mentioned.  Lack of a quad core processor being the 
biggest for me.  I use many parallel virtual machines so cores are important to 
me.  One reason I’m looking forward to the iMac pro.  (I’m already saving up 
for that 17,000 price tag)

Love this article though, thank you for posting.

> On Aug 17, 2017, at 8:07 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
> 
> CNET Reviews - Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 4:00 AM
> Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET
> Apple's MacBook Air is as close to iconic as a piece of consumer technology
> gets. It's the single laptop model you're most likely to see everywhere,
> from college campuses to airports to coffee shops and even offices. And it's
> been that way for a very long time. 
> That's the problem. Not counting an incremental spec bump in mid-2017, this
> is still internally almost the same MacBook Air as the last refresh in 2015,
> and externally, it's had basically the same design since 2010 (when the
> original 2008 design got an overhaul). In technology terms, that's roughly
> forever. 
> Sarah Tew/CNET 
> But it's also a testament to what a strong product the Air was in its
> heyday. To have a laptop that looks and feels the same as it did for so many
> years while still a maintaining a loyal following, that's a rare
> achievement. The MacBook Air is no longer the best-for-almost-everyone
> device it once was, but it's the least expensive way (by far) to get MacOS
> on a laptop, so there's certainly still a place for it. Note that the Air we
> tested had a Core i7 CPU and 256GB SSD upgrade, for a total of $1,349,
> £1,234 or AU$2,039. The Air still starts at $999, £949 and AU$1,499, and can
> be found for even less online.  
> SYSTEM NAME
> Price as reviewed $1,349, £1,234 or AU$2,039 (starts at $999, £949 or
> AU$1,499) 
> Display size/resolution   13-inch, 1,440x900-pixel display 
> CPU   2.2GHz Intel Core i7-5650U 
> Memory8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz 
> Graphics  1,536MB Intel HD Graphics 6000 
> Storage   256GB SSD 
> Networking802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless; Bluetooth 4.0 
> Operating system  MacOS 10.12.6 Sierra 
> Still kicking
> And a lot about the MacBook Air still works. As a long-time Air user, but
> also someone who hasn't spent a lot of time on one over the last few years,
> firing up the 2017 version felt like visiting an old friend. 
> There's the just-right size of the 13-inch screen, still the best balance
> between viewability and portability; the rock-solid aluminum body, which can
> stand up to years of abuse; and the chunky island-style keyboard, itself now
> extinct across the rest of the MacBook line, replaced by super-shallow
> butterfly keys that lack this level of tactile feedback. 
>  Sarah Tew/CNET 
> The Air also scores points for being the last MacBook with a good,
> old-fashioned USB-A port. You know, the kind that every mouse, memory key
> and other accessory you own fits into. The MacBook Pro and the 12-inch
> MacBook have both gone all-in on USB-C, which is forward-looking to be sure,
> but a limiting frustration for many. 
> Picking it up, I was reminded of another reason I loved this particular
> laptop line for so long: the MagSafe power connection. The plug, which
> automatically pulls away from the body when you yank the cord or trip over
> it, remains one of the most brilliant bits of consumer PC engineering ever. 
>  Sarah Tew/CNET 
> It's since been replaced by USB-C power connections, which are handy for
> sharing data, power, video and other connections through the same port, but
> not nearly as flexible. That classic MagSafe has rescued many, many laptops
> from a grim fate over the years, and that's just the ones I've personally
> almost killed. 
> Feeling its age
> But using a MacBook Air, even a brand new one, in 2017 feels like getting
> stuck in a bit of a time warp. The processor is years out of date compared
> to newer slim laptops -- even though the big update for 2017 is a slight
> base CPU uptick, from a 1.6GHz Intel Core i5 to a 1.8GHz one, or in our
> case, an optional 2.2GHz Core i7. All are from the same fifth generation of
> those chips, while Intel is about to announce details of the upcoming
> eighth-generation Core CPUs. 
> I'd argue that for websurfing, video streaming and social media, it's not a
> huge deal to have an older-generation processor, but for a thousand bucks
> and up, you're not wrong to want something newer. It is great, however, to
> get 8GB of RAM as the default now, over the previous 4GB. The optional Core
> i7 in our test system helped the Air keep pace with, or beat, some slim
> laptops with newer Core i5 CPUs. But much more importantly, the Air is still
> a battery life king, running more than 10 hours.
> 
> A 13-inch Pro vs. the 13-inch Air in a battle of the bezels. 
> Sarah Tew/CNET 
> The single biggest thing that keeps 

Re: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET

[Scott Granados]

Don’t go with a non touch bar version, you won’t like the processor hit.  Just 
use a magic keyboard.  I have one and love it now that I’m used to it.

I think my favorite laptop though is still my MacBook Pro 15 Mid 2016 with a 
2.8 GHz quad core I7, upgraded graphics and a TB of SSD along with the built in 
MagSafe.  I have no idea why they canned MagSafe, I like it as well.  They do 
make a USB-C to MagSafe adapter though which brings it back all be it through 
an adapter to your laptops.  Good thing is you can reuse the old power cords 
then instead of having to buy all new USB-C power cubes.

> On Aug 18, 2017, at 4:47 AM, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Yeah I love my air 11inch from mid 2013 
> 
> I will need to look at a new machine next year but can't find one I currently 
> like.
> 
> The new keyboards put me offand yeah the lack of magsafe adaptor again puts 
> me off.
> 
> As for the processor yeah I'm going to have to go to a mac book pro without 
> the touch bar 
> Faster processor and more ram 
> Still I want an 11 inch body.
> 
> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor
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> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET
> 
> CNET Reviews - Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 4:00 AM Apple MacBook Air (2017) 
> review - CNET Apple's MacBook Air is as close to iconic as a piece of 
> consumer technology gets. It's the single laptop model you're most likely to 
> see everywhere, from college campuses to airports to coffee shops and even 
> offices. And it's been that way for a very long time. 
> That's the problem. Not counting an incremental spec bump in mid-2017, this 
> is still internally almost the same MacBook Air as the last refresh in 2015, 
> and externally, it's had basically the same design since 2010 (when the 
> original 2008 design got an overhaul). In technology terms, that's roughly 
> forever. 
> Sarah Tew/CNET
> But it's also a testament to what a strong product the Air was in its heyday. 
> To have a laptop that looks and feels the same as it did for so many years 
> while still a maintaining a loyal following, that's a rare achievement. The 
> MacBook Air is no longer the best-for-almost-everyone device it once was, but 
> it's the least expensive way (by far) to get MacOS on a laptop, so there's 
> certainly still a place for it. Note that the Air we tested had a Core i7 CPU 
> and 256GB SSD upgrade, for a total of $1,349,
> £1,234 or AU$2,039. The Air still starts at $999, £949 and AU$1,499, and can 
> be found for even less online.  
> SYSTEM NAME
> Price as reviewed $1,349, £1,234 or AU$2,039 (starts at $999, £949 or
> AU$1,499) 
> Display size/resolution   13-inch, 1,440x900-pixel display 
> CPU   2.2GHz Intel Core i7-5650U 
> Memory8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz 
> Graphics  1,536MB Intel HD Graphics 6000 
> Storage   256GB SSD 
> Networking802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless; Bluetooth 4.0 
> Operating system  MacOS 10.12.6 Sierra 
> Still kicking
> And a lot about the MacBook Air still works. As a long-time Air user, but 
> also someone who hasn't spent a lot of time on one over the last few years, 
> firing up the 2017 version felt like visiting an old friend. 
> There's the just-right size of the 13-inch screen, still the best balance 
> between viewability and portability; the rock-solid aluminum body, which can 
> stand up to years of abuse; and the chunky island-style keyboard, itself now 
> extinct across the rest of the MacBook line, replaced by super-shallow 
> butterfly keys that lack this level of tactile feedback. 
>  Sarah Tew/CNET
> The Air also scores points for being the last MacBook with a good, 
> old-fashioned USB-A port. You know, the kind that every mouse, memory key and 
> other accessory you own fits into. The MacBook Pro and the 12-inch MacBook 
> have both gone all-in on USB-C, which is forward-looking to be sure, but a 
> limiting frustration for many. 
> Picking it up, I was reminded of another reason I loved this particular 
> laptop line for so long: the MagSafe power connection. The plug, which 
> automatically pulls away from the body when you yank the cord or trip over 
> it, remains one of the most brilliant bits of consumer PC engineering ever. 
>  Sarah Tew/CNET
> It's since been replaced by USB-C power connections, which are handy for 
> sharing data, power, video and other connections through the same port, but 
> not nearly as flexible. That classic MagSafe has rescued many, many laptops 
> from a grim fate over the years, and that's just the ones I've personally 
> almost killed. 
> Feeling its age
> But using a MacBook Air, even a brand new one, in 2017 feels like getting 
> stuck in a bit of a time warp. The processor is years out of date compared to 
> newer slim laptops -- even though the big update for 2017 is a slight base 
> CPU 

Re: Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?

[Scott Granados]

It’s also important to note that old versions of the software that were non 
subscription also work.  An old version of word will still be readable by the 
new.  The other way doesn’t work but you’ll get your resume out there in a 
suitable format to address the poster’s concerns.

> On Aug 18, 2017, at 3:36 AM, David Chittenden  wrote:
> 
> What happens to anybody in this situation, find a free or lowcost option with 
> limited accessibility or limited features. Many sighted people only use 
> Office at work because their employer pays for it. When they are between 
> jobs, they go to places like libraries, internet cafes, One Stop or other 
> employment centres, and so forth.
> 
> Personally, I use pages, numbers, and KeyNote on my iPhone and iPad. They are 
> fully accessible, and, in many ways, work better than MS Office Word, Excel, 
> and PowerPoint on either iOS, or Windows with JAWS.
> 
> Note: A large part of my job is group presentations using slide shows 
> (PowerPoint converted to KeyNote) using my iPad connected to a projector and 
> room sound system.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
> Mobile: +61 488 988 936
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 18/08/2017, at 08:55, Ryan Mann  wrote:
>> 
>> What happens if you lose your job and you can no longer afford to pay 
>> subscriptions for software you need? For example, if you want to use word to 
>> update your resume, you would need to keep paying for the subscription to 
>> office.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Aug 17, 2017, at 9:53 AM, Scott Granados  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Most definitely this is the new model.  Any major applications will be 
>>> hosted in the cloud, especially as end devices become more and more 
>>> optimized for network cloud access.  People will have different models but 
>>> in the end the end user will be paying for the use of rather than the 
>>> ownership of software.  Whether the company makes money on your data like a 
>>> Google or charges you directly you pay for it.  You get a much more robust 
>>> experience though so I like the model my self.
>>> 
>>> Microsoft is a good example of this.  I like the fact office is upgraded 
>>> mainly because accessibility is something that’s improving.  I like the 
>>> fast update cycle.  Some use what’s called the agile software methodology 
>>> which calls for weekly or even daily updates. This model lends itself well 
>>> to this type of development.
>>>  We all seem to forget when software was 3, 4 or 5 figures up front and 
>>> then there was a support fee on top usually yearly.  Give me a single 
>>> subscription anyway.
>>> 
 On Aug 16, 2017, at 9:52 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
 
 9to5Mac - Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 6:41 AM
 Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?
 
 The decision of the popular writing app Ulysses to switch from a one-off
 purchase to a monthly or annual subscription has attracted a great deal of
 criticism. Here's a sprinkling of views from the comments.
 Subscribe to a text editor? I'm out.
 I bought this on iOS last week. As far as I'm concerned, that was a total
 waste of money now they're moving to this subscription model.
 This "rent your software" crap needs to stop, and people need to stop
 defending it.
 Ulysses is a great app and I wish the developers all the best, but I'm out,
 looking for alternatives.
 Read: "Popular iOS and Mac writing app Ulysses Digs Its Own Grave and Gets
 In"
 The company, of course, has its own rationale .
 
 We want to make sure the app will be around for years and years to come. We
 want to heavily invest in its development, and this requires the right
 setting for our team, our families and our users. Writers want to rely on a
 professional tool that is constantly evolving, and we want to keep
 delivering just that.
 The company says that anyone who bought the app when it first launched has
 now received nine major updates at no cost, and that this isn't 
 sustainable.
 And, of course, Ullysses isn't the only app to have switched to a
 subscription model - nor the only company to come under fire for doing so.
 The highest-profile example is Adobe. The company first started offering 
 its
 subscription-based Creative Cloud service back in 2012. At that point, 
 users
 could choose between buying individual apps, buying packages - or 
 signing-up
 to a monthly or annual subscription.
 But just a year later, the company announced that it would no longer sell
 its Creative Suite software outright, and that the only way to get the
 latest versions would be via subscription. Even for apps you could still 
 buy
 outright, you didn't get the same functionality as the subscription 
 

Re: VoiceOver friendly way to order a list of items into descending order of importance

[Anne Robertson]

Hello Paul,

Have you tried the alternative way of dragging and dropping with Voiceover? You 
have to turn cursor tracking off first and then you use VO-Cmd-Shift-Space to 
put the mouse down on the item. Navigate to where you want to drop the item 
using the VO keys then bring the mouse with VO-Cmd-F5 and repeat the command 
you used to hold the mouse down to release it.
This often works where VO-Comma and VO-Full Stop fail.

Cheers,

Anne

 

> On 18 Aug 2017, at 16:10, Paul Hopewell  wrote:
> 
> Hello, 
> I use the latest Safari on MAC OS El Capitan. I subscribe to a web site which 
> from time to time has a questionnaire which requires me to order a list of 
> candidate items into descending order of importance. They ask their users to 
> use a mouse to drag the items into the correct order. As a VoiceOver user I 
> cannot use a mouse to do this. Alas the keyboard commands to mark an item for 
> drag and drop and to subsequently drop the marked item before or after the VO 
> cursor do not work with this web site. 
> 
> I would like to suggest an alternative screen reader friendly way for doing 
> this job to the web site owner. A simple idea would be to ask the user to 
> type a 1 against the most important, a 2 against the next most important and 
> so on. However this has the problem that the user could type a 1 against more 
> than one item and if it is a long list they could have difficulties 
> remembering which priority numbers they have already used. 
> 
> So have any of you seen a web site which offers a screen reader friendly way 
> to order a list of candidate items? If so what do they ask their users to do?
> 
> Many thanks for any tips.
> 
> Paul Hopewell 
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VoiceOver friendly way to order a list of items into descending order of importance

[Paul Hopewell]

Hello, 
I use the latest Safari on MAC OS El Capitan. I subscribe to a web site which 
from time to time has a questionnaire which requires me to order a list of 
candidate items into descending order of importance. They ask their users to 
use a mouse to drag the items into the correct order. As a VoiceOver user I 
cannot use a mouse to do this. Alas the keyboard commands to mark an item for 
drag and drop and to subsequently drop the marked item before or after the VO 
cursor do not work with this web site. 

I would like to suggest an alternative screen reader friendly way for doing 
this job to the web site owner. A simple idea would be to ask the user to type 
a 1 against the most important, a 2 against the next most important and so on. 
However this has the problem that the user could type a 1 against more than one 
item and if it is a long list they could have difficulties remembering which 
priority numbers they have already used. 

So have any of you seen a web site which offers a screen reader friendly way to 
order a list of candidate items? If so what do they ask their users to do?

Many thanks for any tips.

Paul Hopewell 

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SV: use siri voices on osx with voiceover

[mattias jonsson]

I ask if it are possible

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Från: Oriol Gómez
Skickat: den 18 augusti 2017 14:19
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Ämne: Re: use siri voices on osx with voiceover

Hi your message makes no sense, are you saying that it is possible or
are you asking if it is possible?
I don't have the new beta myself, that's why I'm asking...

Thanks.

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Re: Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?

[Scott Granados]

You do what the rest of the world does, get another job.

You use free options if you can’t afford the paid options.  You can go to the 
library or some school campuses.  Chances are though you’ll already have what 
you need.  Even a text editor will generate a good resume.
 
> On Aug 17, 2017, at 6:55 PM, Ryan Mann  wrote:
> 
> What happens if you lose your job and you can no longer afford to pay 
> subscriptions for software you need? For example, if you want to use word to 
> update your resume, you would need to keep paying for the subscription to 
> office.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 17, 2017, at 9:53 AM, Scott Granados  wrote:
>> 
>> Most definitely this is the new model.  Any major applications will be 
>> hosted in the cloud, especially as end devices become more and more 
>> optimized for network cloud access.  People will have different models but 
>> in the end the end user will be paying for the use of rather than the 
>> ownership of software.  Whether the company makes money on your data like a 
>> Google or charges you directly you pay for it.  You get a much more robust 
>> experience though so I like the model my self.
>> 
>> Microsoft is a good example of this.  I like the fact office is upgraded 
>> mainly because accessibility is something that’s improving.  I like the fast 
>> update cycle.  Some use what’s called the agile software methodology which 
>> calls for weekly or even daily updates. This model lends itself well to this 
>> type of development.
>>   We all seem to forget when software was 3, 4 or 5 figures up front and 
>> then there was a support fee on top usually yearly.  Give me a single 
>> subscription anyway.
>> 
>>> On Aug 16, 2017, at 9:52 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 9to5Mac - Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 6:41 AM
>>> Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?
>>> 
>>> The decision of the popular writing app Ulysses to switch from a one-off
>>> purchase to a monthly or annual subscription has attracted a great deal of
>>> criticism. Here's a sprinkling of views from the comments.
>>> Subscribe to a text editor? I'm out.
>>> I bought this on iOS last week. As far as I'm concerned, that was a total
>>> waste of money now they're moving to this subscription model.
>>> This "rent your software" crap needs to stop, and people need to stop
>>> defending it.
>>> Ulysses is a great app and I wish the developers all the best, but I'm out,
>>> looking for alternatives.
>>> Read: "Popular iOS and Mac writing app Ulysses Digs Its Own Grave and Gets
>>> In"
>>> The company, of course, has its own rationale .
>>> 
>>> We want to make sure the app will be around for years and years to come. We
>>> want to heavily invest in its development, and this requires the right
>>> setting for our team, our families and our users. Writers want to rely on a
>>> professional tool that is constantly evolving, and we want to keep
>>> delivering just that.
>>> The company says that anyone who bought the app when it first launched has
>>> now received nine major updates at no cost, and that this isn't sustainable.
>>> And, of course, Ullysses isn't the only app to have switched to a
>>> subscription model - nor the only company to come under fire for doing so.
>>> The highest-profile example is Adobe. The company first started offering its
>>> subscription-based Creative Cloud service back in 2012. At that point, users
>>> could choose between buying individual apps, buying packages - or signing-up
>>> to a monthly or annual subscription.
>>> But just a year later, the company announced that it would no longer sell
>>> its Creative Suite software outright, and that the only way to get the
>>> latest versions would be via subscription. Even for apps you could still buy
>>> outright, you didn't get the same functionality as the subscription version.
>>> We're seeing the same trend everywhere. Right now, you can still buy
>>> individual TV shows and movies, but iTunes popularized the idea of renting
>>> them instead, and companies like Netflix take things further with a fixed
>>> monthly subscription for all-you-can-eat streaming access.
>>> And, of course, Apple Music now gives us the option of renting, rather than
>>> owning, our music.
>>> 
>>> The idea of renting rather than owning isn't without its benefits, of
>>> course. Developers get a steady stream of income, which enables them to keep
>>> updating apps and adding new features, while users get access at a more
>>> affordable up-front cost.
>>> And for some apps and services, it makes sound financial sense. Take music
>>> as an example. Back in the days when the only option was to buy albums, many
>>> of us spent thousands - sometimes tens of thousands - of dollars over the
>>> years. A young person today can lay out ten bucks a month and get instant
>>> access to more music than any of us will ever own in our lifetimes. Having 

Re: use siri voices on osx with voiceover

[Oriol Gómez]

Hi your message makes no sense, are you saying that it is possible or
are you asking if it is possible?
I don't have the new beta myself, that's why I'm asking...

Thanks.

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use siri voices on osx with voiceover

[mattias jonsson]

Are it possible in the new osx high sierra

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Re: Send an email to the sender not the mailing list directly?

[Alex Hall]

That method works well. As an alternative you may find faster, try this.

1. Reply to the message in the usual way.
2. Arrow down to the start of the original message, locate the sender’s email 
address in the line of text, and select/copy it as you would any other text.
3. Close the reply with cmd-w, then create a new email with cmd-n.
4. Paste the address in the “to” filed, then fill out the rest of the message 
as normal.

> On Aug 17, 2017, at 5:21 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
> 
> Hello Ramy,
> 
> It's extremely easy to reveal a list sender's email address should it come 
> from either the Mac Visonaries or V iPhone groups.  I say this because, 
> depending upon the settings of the particular group list, individual email 
> addresses may be hidden from the list members.  
> 
> Okay, so assuming that the addresses are available to be viewed, do the 
> following in order to see the sender's direct email address:
> 
> 1.
> In MacOS Sierra Mail, open the actual email of the person to whom you wish to 
> reply.
> 
> 2.
> Using voiceover commands, place focus in the message header area and locate 
> the name of the sender.  
> 
> 3.
> Using VoiceOver commands, drilldown (interact) with the text of the senders 
> name until you can go no further.  
> 
> 4.
> Now, Simply right-mouse click (VO+Sift+M) in order to bring up the shortcut 
> contextual menu.  You will find several very useful items listed on this menu 
> including the option to copy the sender's direct email address to the system 
> clipboard.
> 
> That's all there is to it.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Mark
> 
> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 6:40 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Send an email to the sender not the mailing list directly?
> 
> Hi all:
> 
> in my Mac mail program, how can i send an email to someone that sent an email 
> to a mailing list?
> i need to send to him privately, can you tell me how?
> Thanks in advance 
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RE: Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?

[Simon Fogarty]

Libra office or pages numbers and keynote should work fine.

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of David Chittenden
Sent: Friday, 18 August 2017 7:36 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they 
implode?

What happens to anybody in this situation, find a free or lowcost option with 
limited accessibility or limited features. Many sighted people only use Office 
at work because their employer pays for it. When they are between jobs, they go 
to places like libraries, internet cafes, One Stop or other employment centres, 
and so forth.

Personally, I use pages, numbers, and KeyNote on my iPhone and iPad. They are 
fully accessible, and, in many ways, work better than MS Office Word, Excel, 
and PowerPoint on either iOS, or Windows with JAWS.

Note: A large part of my job is group presentations using slide shows 
(PowerPoint converted to KeyNote) using my iPad connected to a projector and 
room sound system.

Kind regards,

David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
Mobile: +61 488 988 936
Sent from my iPhone

> On 18/08/2017, at 08:55, Ryan Mann  wrote:
> 
> What happens if you lose your job and you can no longer afford to pay 
> subscriptions for software you need? For example, if you want to use word to 
> update your resume, you would need to keep paying for the subscription to 
> office.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 17, 2017, at 9:53 AM, Scott Granados  wrote:
>> 
>> Most definitely this is the new model.  Any major applications will be 
>> hosted in the cloud, especially as end devices become more and more 
>> optimized for network cloud access.  People will have different models but 
>> in the end the end user will be paying for the use of rather than the 
>> ownership of software.  Whether the company makes money on your data like a 
>> Google or charges you directly you pay for it.  You get a much more robust 
>> experience though so I like the model my self.
>> 
>> Microsoft is a good example of this.  I like the fact office is upgraded 
>> mainly because accessibility is something that’s improving.  I like the fast 
>> update cycle.  Some use what’s called the agile software methodology which 
>> calls for weekly or even daily updates. This model lends itself well to this 
>> type of development.
>>   We all seem to forget when software was 3, 4 or 5 figures up front and 
>> then there was a support fee on top usually yearly.  Give me a single 
>> subscription anyway.
>> 
>>> On Aug 16, 2017, at 9:52 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 9to5Mac - Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 6:41 AM
>>> Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?
>>> 
>>> The decision of the popular writing app Ulysses to switch from a 
>>> one-off purchase to a monthly or annual subscription has attracted a 
>>> great deal of criticism. Here's a sprinkling of views from the comments.
>>> Subscribe to a text editor? I'm out.
>>> I bought this on iOS last week. As far as I'm concerned, that was a 
>>> total waste of money now they're moving to this subscription model.
>>> This "rent your software" crap needs to stop, and people need to 
>>> stop defending it.
>>> Ulysses is a great app and I wish the developers all the best, but 
>>> I'm out, looking for alternatives.
>>> Read: "Popular iOS and Mac writing app Ulysses Digs Its Own Grave 
>>> and Gets In"
>>> The company, of course, has its own rationale .
>>> 
>>> We want to make sure the app will be around for years and years to 
>>> come. We want to heavily invest in its development, and this 
>>> requires the right setting for our team, our families and our users. 
>>> Writers want to rely on a professional tool that is constantly 
>>> evolving, and we want to keep delivering just that.
>>> The company says that anyone who bought the app when it first 
>>> launched has now received nine major updates at no cost, and that this 
>>> isn't sustainable.
>>> And, of course, Ullysses isn't the only app to have switched to a 
>>> subscription model - nor the only company to come under fire for doing so.
>>> The highest-profile example is Adobe. The company first started 
>>> offering its subscription-based Creative Cloud service back in 2012. 
>>> At that point, users could choose between buying individual apps, 
>>> buying packages - or signing-up to a monthly or annual subscription.
>>> But just a year later, the company announced that it would no longer 
>>> sell its Creative Suite software outright, and that the only way to 
>>> get the latest versions would be via subscription. Even for apps you 
>>> could still buy outright, you didn't get the same functionality as the 
>>> subscription version.
>>> We're seeing the same trend everywhere. Right now, you can still buy 
>>> individual TV shows and movies, but iTunes 

RE: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET

[Simon Fogarty]

Yeah I love my air 11inch from mid 2013 

 I will need to look at a new machine next year but can't find one I currently 
like.

 The new keyboards put me offand yeah the lack of magsafe adaptor again puts me 
off.

 As for the processor yeah I'm going to have to go to a mac book pro without 
the touch bar 
Faster processor and more ram 
Still I want an 11 inch body.

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On Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Friday, 18 August 2017 12:08 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Apple MacBook Air (2017) review - CNET

CNET Reviews - Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 4:00 AM Apple MacBook Air (2017) 
review - CNET Apple's MacBook Air is as close to iconic as a piece of consumer 
technology gets. It's the single laptop model you're most likely to see 
everywhere, from college campuses to airports to coffee shops and even offices. 
And it's been that way for a very long time. 
That's the problem. Not counting an incremental spec bump in mid-2017, this is 
still internally almost the same MacBook Air as the last refresh in 2015, and 
externally, it's had basically the same design since 2010 (when the original 
2008 design got an overhaul). In technology terms, that's roughly forever. 
 Sarah Tew/CNET
But it's also a testament to what a strong product the Air was in its heyday. 
To have a laptop that looks and feels the same as it did for so many years 
while still a maintaining a loyal following, that's a rare achievement. The 
MacBook Air is no longer the best-for-almost-everyone device it once was, but 
it's the least expensive way (by far) to get MacOS on a laptop, so there's 
certainly still a place for it. Note that the Air we tested had a Core i7 CPU 
and 256GB SSD upgrade, for a total of $1,349,
£1,234 or AU$2,039. The Air still starts at $999, £949 and AU$1,499, and can be 
found for even less online.  
SYSTEM NAME
Price as reviewed   $1,349, £1,234 or AU$2,039 (starts at $999, £949 or
AU$1,499) 
Display size/resolution 13-inch, 1,440x900-pixel display 
CPU 2.2GHz Intel Core i7-5650U 
Memory  8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz 
Graphics1,536MB Intel HD Graphics 6000 
Storage 256GB SSD 
Networking  802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless; Bluetooth 4.0 
Operating systemMacOS 10.12.6 Sierra 
Still kicking
And a lot about the MacBook Air still works. As a long-time Air user, but also 
someone who hasn't spent a lot of time on one over the last few years, firing 
up the 2017 version felt like visiting an old friend. 
There's the just-right size of the 13-inch screen, still the best balance 
between viewability and portability; the rock-solid aluminum body, which can 
stand up to years of abuse; and the chunky island-style keyboard, itself now 
extinct across the rest of the MacBook line, replaced by super-shallow 
butterfly keys that lack this level of tactile feedback. 
  Sarah Tew/CNET
The Air also scores points for being the last MacBook with a good, 
old-fashioned USB-A port. You know, the kind that every mouse, memory key and 
other accessory you own fits into. The MacBook Pro and the 12-inch MacBook have 
both gone all-in on USB-C, which is forward-looking to be sure, but a limiting 
frustration for many. 
Picking it up, I was reminded of another reason I loved this particular laptop 
line for so long: the MagSafe power connection. The plug, which automatically 
pulls away from the body when you yank the cord or trip over it, remains one of 
the most brilliant bits of consumer PC engineering ever. 
  Sarah Tew/CNET
It's since been replaced by USB-C power connections, which are handy for 
sharing data, power, video and other connections through the same port, but not 
nearly as flexible. That classic MagSafe has rescued many, many laptops from a 
grim fate over the years, and that's just the ones I've personally almost 
killed. 
Feeling its age
But using a MacBook Air, even a brand new one, in 2017 feels like getting stuck 
in a bit of a time warp. The processor is years out of date compared to newer 
slim laptops -- even though the big update for 2017 is a slight base CPU 
uptick, from a 1.6GHz Intel Core i5 to a 1.8GHz one, or in our case, an 
optional 2.2GHz Core i7. All are from the same fifth generation of those chips, 
while Intel is about to announce details of the upcoming eighth-generation Core 
CPUs. 
I'd argue that for websurfing, video streaming and social media, it's not a 
huge deal to have an older-generation processor, but for a thousand bucks and 
up, you're not wrong to want something newer. It is great, however, to get 8GB 
of RAM as the default now, over the previous 4GB. The optional Core
i7 in our test system helped the Air keep pace with, or beat, some slim laptops 
with newer Core i5 CPUs. But much more importantly, the Air is still a battery 
life king, running more than 10 hours.
 
A 13-inch Pro vs. the 13-inch Air in a battle of the bezels. 
Sarah Tew/CNET
The 

RE: Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?

[Simon Fogarty]

Yeah I've got a couple of applications this way I mean the monthly 
subscriptions and it works great so long as they keep updating things 

 It's the pay for the product and it disappears that hacks me off the most.

 Although I have a couple of those also and they are going strong

 One I use for work from my iPad or iPhone is AD assist which lets me connect 
to an active directory domain or 3 and make changes or add / remove users,
 This app cost me 10 dollars nz and is now up to 18 dollars so its obviously 
getting better and more commonly used.

There will be pros and cons of course for both situations.
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2017 1:52 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?

9to5Mac - Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 6:41 AM
Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?
 
The decision of the popular writing app Ulysses to switch from a one-off 
purchase to a monthly or annual subscription has attracted a great deal of 
criticism. Here's a sprinkling of views from the comments.
Subscribe to a text editor? I'm out.
I bought this on iOS last week. As far as I'm concerned, that was a total waste 
of money now they're moving to this subscription model.
This "rent your software" crap needs to stop, and people need to stop defending 
it.
Ulysses is a great app and I wish the developers all the best, but I'm out, 
looking for alternatives.
Read: "Popular iOS and Mac writing app Ulysses Digs Its Own Grave and Gets In"
The company, of course, has its own rationale .
 
We want to make sure the app will be around for years and years to come. We 
want to heavily invest in its development, and this requires the right setting 
for our team, our families and our users. Writers want to rely on a 
professional tool that is constantly evolving, and we want to keep delivering 
just that.
The company says that anyone who bought the app when it first launched has now 
received nine major updates at no cost, and that this isn't sustainable.
And, of course, Ullysses isn't the only app to have switched to a subscription 
model - nor the only company to come under fire for doing so.
The highest-profile example is Adobe. The company first started offering its 
subscription-based Creative Cloud service back in 2012. At that point, users 
could choose between buying individual apps, buying packages - or signing-up to 
a monthly or annual subscription.
But just a year later, the company announced that it would no longer sell its 
Creative Suite software outright, and that the only way to get the latest 
versions would be via subscription. Even for apps you could still buy outright, 
you didn't get the same functionality as the subscription version.
We're seeing the same trend everywhere. Right now, you can still buy individual 
TV shows and movies, but iTunes popularized the idea of renting them instead, 
and companies like Netflix take things further with a fixed monthly 
subscription for all-you-can-eat streaming access.
And, of course, Apple Music now gives us the option of renting, rather than 
owning, our music.
 
The idea of renting rather than owning isn't without its benefits, of course. 
Developers get a steady stream of income, which enables them to keep updating 
apps and adding new features, while users get access at a more affordable 
up-front cost.
And for some apps and services, it makes sound financial sense. Take music as 
an example. Back in the days when the only option was to buy albums, many of us 
spent thousands - sometimes tens of thousands - of dollars over the years. A 
young person today can lay out ten bucks a month and get instant access to more 
music than any of us will ever own in our lifetimes. Having a
$10 cost of entry to almost all the music commercially available is quite an 
incredible thing. If I were starting out today, I honestly don't know whether 
I'd choose to own any music.
In software, Adobe was able to get away with it for much the same reason.
Outright purchase of a suite of its apps could again cost thousands, and you 
knew it was only a matter of time before you'd need to pay to upgrade to the 
latest version. Indeed, many photographers found themselves forced to upgrade 
when they bought a new camera as the RAW converter for it would only be 
available for the latest version of Lightroom. An affordable monthly fee was a 
decent alternative.
In TV and movies, renting rather than owning can again save you money. Many 
have dispensed with traditional TV packages, and buying movies outright, and 
instead pay just $8-12 per month for a Netflix subscription. Provided the shows 
you want are available, that's a great deal.
Some people even effectively choose to rent their iPhone. In the old days, you 
did this as a hidden cost in your carrier's plan, now 

RE: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not supported

[Simon Fogarty]

Scott,

 Your comments on Samsung and their products recall and release,

 The proof should be released on Wednesday the 23rd august,

 Samsung are to release the new note 8,

 No word yet on it's burn time but hey we all remember the note 7


Lets see what happens this time round.

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2017 9:03 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple Watch 3 to use E-SIm for LTE, phone calling not supported

Well actually Gary the features they leave out usually make sense including in 
this case.  Let’s review.

First, the HSPA. /3G wasn’t supported because the initial chipsets were awful.  
Also very little was deployed across the network.
Then LTE was with held until the 5, do you remember how bad the other 
LTE phones who were early were?  The HTC phones barely worked and had a 2 hour 
battery life, Sprint was using that really bad WIMAX standard, T-Mobile was all 
in on 3G and pushing HSPA+ heavily and there was a shortage of LTE chips.
Now in the case of the watch, there’s no good full featured LTE 
chip yet that includes VOLTE.  There’s also no mixed 3 and 4G chips that will 
fit in a watch.  In combination with this, where are you going to put the sim?  
By the time you have the tray and sim itself plus the slot you use up to much 
space not to mention increase the complexity of water proofing.  The E-SIM 
saves a lot of space for the actual LTE radio and modem hardware and you still 
have the full bluetooth channel back to your phone for placing calls. FaceTime 
or Skype would also likely be options over this high speed data channel but 
VOLTE isn’t included.O. (Qualcomm doesn’t have that included yet). So you have 
to build for the parts you can get access to and this year data only is the 
option.  Remember the phones all started out LTE data only at first as well, 
not just Apple but everyone.

Apple doesn’t put something in a phone or product until it really works, every 
time.  You might get more bleeding edge options in other brands but you get the 
instability to go with it.  Samsung is a good example of this with their 
restarts and history of cellular problems.  Samsung has good ability to field 
upgrade with software to correct these problems though but Apple is shooting 
for a stable error free but conservative experience.


  Aug 16, 2017, at 2:05 PM, gary-melconian  wrote:
> 
> Tersting that aple is always taking out  features from the devices. I really 
> wonder wht in the hell tim cook is thinking. 
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RE: Smart TV

[Simon Fogarty]

Hi ET,

 Sorry fo rthe delay.

 Ok so over xmas new year this year I spent a few weeks looking into accessible 
tv's here in NZ,

 Unlike in the USA UK and austrailia  Samsung have removed the voice guidance 
feature or screen reader from their NZ model devices, at least in the 2016 and 
later models.

 I located a 2015 UHD 4K 55inch screen with all and more than I wanted.

 I can't say I'm a fan of the in built features such as Netflix and the 
webbrowser but he screen reader is great as it lets me set the device up myself.

 As for auto switching 
Yeah sure does,

 When I press a button on my apple tv Gen 4 remote  the tv switchs on and to 
the HDMI channel the atv is connected to,

 My blue ray player does the same thing when I press eject to open the tray and 
put my disk in,

I can't get my chrome cast to do this though, however I don't use it a lot so 
don't worry about ti,

 The only real issues I have with the auto switching is when I want to listen 
to music through my ATV  it turns the tv on also 

A pain in the a when you don't need a picture or even have one this I didin't 
need to worry about when I had the gen 3 as I used optical to connect to the 
sound system.

Hope this somewhat helps.-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of E.T.
Sent: Saturday, 12 August 2017 3:27 AM
To: MacVisionaries 
Subject: Smart TV

Am I correct in thinking that with one of these TVs, it will switch to an 
active input source, such as Apple TV? Samsung brand? My current TV is 9 years 
old, might be time to replace it.

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RE: Making a network between my Macmini and My windows 7 machine

[Simon Fogarty]

Hi Ramy,

Sorry about the delay,

 If you go back on the windows machine to your setup of the shared drive / 
folder and set the user account to "everyone and give it full access / 
administration rights and then ok this then go to the security tab and again 
add everyone and again with full access / administration rights you should then 
not get prompted for the username and password as everyone has full access to 
the share, 
Of course if you need to restrict access to less than full then I'd suggest 
setting a password on the username you are using to access the share.

 Also before the changing of the share and security settings, do you have the 
username you are using set as a member of the group you have given access 
rights to within the share and security tabs,

If the user is not a member of the group in the windows machine then they wont 
be able to get in to the share.

   I hope this makes sense 

 Give me a yell if yo still have troubles.

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa
Sent: Saturday, 12 August 2017 12:29 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Making a network between my Macmini and My windows 7 machine

Hi simon:
Thanks so much for telling me this great way, I treid and it works but now, my 
mac asked me for the password to connect to my windows hd, I didn't set a 
password for my widnows.
s what can I do?




On 7/30/17, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> Hi Ramy,
>
>  Good luck and let me know if you hav e any issues.
>
>
> Simon F
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa
> Sent: Sunday, 30 July 2017 10:41 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Making a network between my Macmini and My windows 7 
> machine
>
> Hi all:
>
> don'[t know what can I say but really very very clear instructions.
> will gona try them tomorrow
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> On 7/29/17, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
>> Hi Ramy,
>>
>>  Yes very possible.
>>
>>  As scott has said use cable as much as possible to transfer your data.
>>  Wired is far better for speed and stable connectivity  when 
>> transferring large amounts of data.
>>
>>
>> On your windows machine,
>> Open windows explorer and find the folder/ folders you wish to share 
>> or be able to copy your data into from the mac,  Right click on the 
>> folders one by one and do this if there are multiple or create one 
>> folder and copy your other folders into that so you have one share 
>> for connecting to, rather than multiple which could get confusing
>>
>>  On the folder you wish to share right click and select properties 
>> from the tabs,  Select advanced sharing,  Open this, Tick the box 
>> that says share this folder ticked or unticked, Tab once and Give it 
>> a name that makes sense.
>>
>> Tab again  to the share with how many users I suggest changing the 
>> number of users to a low number like 3 or similar as it's only your 
>> mac accessing this share, Then tab again to settings permissions, 
>> Enter on this,  Select everyone which is in this case just you,  Tab 
>> down to allow full access and select this,  Then tab down and hit 
>> enter,
>>
>> This will put you back at the advanced sharing option, shift tab or 
>> tab until you find the tab name and then right arrow to the security 
>> tab,  tab down to the  option that says Edit, this should be 2 tabs 
>> from the name "Security".
>>
>> Then in the list of possible users select or highlight the everyone 
>> option and then tab down to Allow full control,  I would tick this as 
>> you again are the only user accessing this share,
>>
>> Then tab until you find Ok,
>>  Click ok and then tab to ok again, if ok isn't there at this point 
>> click closed.
>>
>>  The properties window will close at this point and your shared 
>> folder will be available.
>>
>>  On your mac, try accessing the share by doing a command key and K, 
>> then type in Smb://Machine Name.
>>
>>  Use the windows machine name as that is what you are actually 
>> connecting to, this should then open the access on your mac to the 
>> share on your windows computer,
>>
>> Using SMB or samba will help with the connection to your windows 
>> machine as they use different formats AFP on the mac and most likely 
>> ntfs on the windows machine then try copying between the mac and your 
>> windows share,
>>
>>  Please note that mac computers by default will not normally copy to 
>> an NTFS file structure so this could be an issue.
>>
>> Also note that if you wish to secure this share you would be better 
>> creating a group in admistrative tools and computer management / 
>> users and computers on the windows side and putting the user in to 
>> that group who you wish to have access to the share,
>>
>>  Then under the share and security tabs as above add that group in as 
>> 

Re: Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?

[David Chittenden]

What happens to anybody in this situation, find a free or lowcost option with 
limited accessibility or limited features. Many sighted people only use Office 
at work because their employer pays for it. When they are between jobs, they go 
to places like libraries, internet cafes, One Stop or other employment centres, 
and so forth.

Personally, I use pages, numbers, and KeyNote on my iPhone and iPad. They are 
fully accessible, and, in many ways, work better than MS Office Word, Excel, 
and PowerPoint on either iOS, or Windows with JAWS.

Note: A large part of my job is group presentations using slide shows 
(PowerPoint converted to KeyNote) using my iPad connected to a projector and 
room sound system.

Kind regards,

David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
Mobile: +61 488 988 936
Sent from my iPhone

> On 18/08/2017, at 08:55, Ryan Mann  wrote:
> 
> What happens if you lose your job and you can no longer afford to pay 
> subscriptions for software you need? For example, if you want to use word to 
> update your resume, you would need to keep paying for the subscription to 
> office.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 17, 2017, at 9:53 AM, Scott Granados  wrote:
>> 
>> Most definitely this is the new model.  Any major applications will be 
>> hosted in the cloud, especially as end devices become more and more 
>> optimized for network cloud access.  People will have different models but 
>> in the end the end user will be paying for the use of rather than the 
>> ownership of software.  Whether the company makes money on your data like a 
>> Google or charges you directly you pay for it.  You get a much more robust 
>> experience though so I like the model my self.
>> 
>> Microsoft is a good example of this.  I like the fact office is upgraded 
>> mainly because accessibility is something that’s improving.  I like the fast 
>> update cycle.  Some use what’s called the agile software methodology which 
>> calls for weekly or even daily updates. This model lends itself well to this 
>> type of development.
>>   We all seem to forget when software was 3, 4 or 5 figures up front and 
>> then there was a support fee on top usually yearly.  Give me a single 
>> subscription anyway.
>> 
>>> On Aug 16, 2017, at 9:52 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 9to5Mac - Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 6:41 AM
>>> Opinion: Are subscription-based apps the future, or will they implode?
>>> 
>>> The decision of the popular writing app Ulysses to switch from a one-off
>>> purchase to a monthly or annual subscription has attracted a great deal of
>>> criticism. Here's a sprinkling of views from the comments.
>>> Subscribe to a text editor? I'm out.
>>> I bought this on iOS last week. As far as I'm concerned, that was a total
>>> waste of money now they're moving to this subscription model.
>>> This "rent your software" crap needs to stop, and people need to stop
>>> defending it.
>>> Ulysses is a great app and I wish the developers all the best, but I'm out,
>>> looking for alternatives.
>>> Read: "Popular iOS and Mac writing app Ulysses Digs Its Own Grave and Gets
>>> In"
>>> The company, of course, has its own rationale .
>>> 
>>> We want to make sure the app will be around for years and years to come. We
>>> want to heavily invest in its development, and this requires the right
>>> setting for our team, our families and our users. Writers want to rely on a
>>> professional tool that is constantly evolving, and we want to keep
>>> delivering just that.
>>> The company says that anyone who bought the app when it first launched has
>>> now received nine major updates at no cost, and that this isn't sustainable.
>>> And, of course, Ullysses isn't the only app to have switched to a
>>> subscription model - nor the only company to come under fire for doing so.
>>> The highest-profile example is Adobe. The company first started offering its
>>> subscription-based Creative Cloud service back in 2012. At that point, users
>>> could choose between buying individual apps, buying packages - or signing-up
>>> to a monthly or annual subscription.
>>> But just a year later, the company announced that it would no longer sell
>>> its Creative Suite software outright, and that the only way to get the
>>> latest versions would be via subscription. Even for apps you could still buy
>>> outright, you didn't get the same functionality as the subscription version.
>>> We're seeing the same trend everywhere. Right now, you can still buy
>>> individual TV shows and movies, but iTunes popularized the idea of renting
>>> them instead, and companies like Netflix take things further with a fixed
>>> monthly subscription for all-you-can-eat streaming access.
>>> And, of course, Apple Music now gives us the option of renting, rather than
>>> owning, our music.
>>> 
>>> The idea of renting rather than owning isn't without its benefits, of
>>> course. Developers get a